Hamit: Okay...will give that a try; had actually thought of that; all I know is, usually when I put a CD in (then bring up Cdex) it'll populate itself with the tracks that are on the CD! But you may be on to something! Tom
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2020 5:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Seemingly Not Able To Rip CDs With Portable CD/DVD Drive Do you have another CD you've tried before Thom? I'd tri that first. Just because that seems strange that the CD won't show like it's supposed to. Maybe it's 1 of those lame as in stupid anti coppy tricks. But let us know if a trusted CD does the same. On 5/16/2020 5:42 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: > Hello list: Don't know as I can provide enough information here, but will > try: recently, the CD-DVD drive on my Dell desk top died on me! So I called > my computer guy, who in turn came and took a look; he said, sure enough, > that the CD-DVD Burner drive had died, but that he could get me a new one in > a few days! Unfortunately, the Coronavirus screwed everything up (still > have not heard from the computer guy) in the meantime, I was told that > Amazon had USB CD-DVD drives that would do the same thing! So with the help > of a good friend of mine, I found one on Amazon (is a Dell, but don't > remember the model number) is supposed to be able to play CDs, burn CDs and > rip.the whole thing! I got the new CD-DVD drive a couple of days ago; this > afternoon, a friend of mine who helps take care of my yard came by to cut > the grass; he had this CD that he wanted me to listen to! So I decided I'd > put this new drive through its paces and see what it'd do; I put the CD into > the drive and.Winamp did come up and the CD started to play! So here's > where the "fun" begins: I decided I'd rip it to my computer! I brought up > Cdex, expecting to see the tracks to be ripped and.nothing! Zero! What am > I supposed to do to make Cdex understand that I want to rip this CD? Am I > forgetting something? As best as I remember, when I used to rip CDs with > the original drive that was in the computer, I could just pop that bad boy > in there, bring up Cdex and it was ready to rock and roll; not so with this > new CD-DVD drive! Did I buy the wrong thing? I was surely thinking that > this little USB Drive would do what I needed; it said that it would burn and > rip! So what am I missing here? If someone can give me instruction here, > I'd sure appreciate it! > > Tom Kaufman > > > > -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3254): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3254 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/74259016/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
